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The Kontakion (κοντάκιον, also κονδάκιον) describes one of the early forms of hymns in addition to the troparion and canon . In this structure with many stanzas, 20 to 40 stanzas with the same structure (the so-called οἶκοι, oikoi , houses) follow an initial stanza ( kubuklion or κουκούλιον, kukulion ). Following the example of Ephrem in the 4th century, these were mainly composed and sung by Sophronios of Jerusalem , Sergios of Byzantium and St. Romanos Melodos in the 6th century. The condakion stanza also follows the ikos .

literature

• Gero von Wilpert : Subject dictionary of literature. 8th edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-520-84601-3 , p. 430.